Arena Club Donor

[bleedingTNorange]

Your comment has nothing to do with the subject at hand. I think you know that. I am giving you credit for that.

Wasn’t a reference to the grandfather deal, was a reference to those complaining about the increase in ticket prices once again. Some could say those 2 subjects are somewhat related, but wasn’t my point.

 

[cardvolfan]

Wasn’t a reference to the grandfather deal, was a reference to those complaining about the increase in ticket prices once again. Some could say those 2 subjects are somewhat related, but wasn’t my point.

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Exciting season ahead. Can we just delete football season and move forward to Duke?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I am definitely of the opinion that if you are increasing prices and the arena is still selling out, it means you probably aren’t charging enough.

That being said, even though I definitely want Tennessee to have the largest war chest possible to win games (because that’s why we support to team in the first place) it does suck that we’re pricing out the common fan and may never get them back. Once prices go up, they never come down. And I continue to worry that in the long term we’re going to kill our home court advantage by filling the seats with people mostly there for a social outing and it’s “cool”, and not because they love the team.

 

[EZE]

I’m an Original Arena Club donor(1980s). With my donation to help build the arena, I was given the ability to select my seats and have documents stating that I had them for life. In UTs grab for more money, they completely eliminated the Original Arena Donors. To do this they plan to remove our seats and replace them with new ones and call it Riverside Club. We were given the option to stay in Riverside club at 8 times our current seat cost or select other available seats. This was called Opting Out. When Opting Out, we were given 2 options. We could pay ticket price plus taxes and fees and not get donor points or we could pay ticket price plus taxes and fees and a substantial donation and receive donor points. When the time came to select new seats, the first option was not available. The seat cost would be almost 4 times what I had been paying. This is the second time they lied to us about seats. We no longer have basketball tickets.

Retain a lawyer and see if you have a case.

 

[EZE]

I am definitely of the opinion that if you are increasing prices and the arena is still selling out, it means you probably aren’t charging enough.

That being said, even though I definitely want Tennessee to have the largest war chest possible to win games (because that’s why we support to team in the first place) it does suck that we’re pricing out the common fan and may never get them back. Once prices go up, they never come down. And I continue to worry that in the long term we’re going to kill our home court advantage by filling the seats with people mostly there for a social outing and it’s “cool”, and not because they love the team.

My only complaint is if UT is breaching a contract. My suspicions tell me they are not, but institutions need to honor their agreements.

 

[BearBryant]

I’m an Original Arena Club donor(1980s). With my donation to help build the arena, I was given the ability to select my seats and have documents stating that I had them for life. In UTs grab for more money, they completely eliminated the Original Arena Donors. To do this they plan to remove our seats and replace them with new ones and call it Riverside Club. We were given the option to stay in Riverside club at 8 times our current seat cost or select other available seats. This was called Opting Out. When Opting Out, we were given 2 options. We could pay ticket price plus taxes and fees and not get donor points or we could pay ticket price plus taxes and fees and a substantial donation and receive donor points. When the time came to select new seats, the first option was not available. The seat cost would be almost 4 times what I had been paying. This is the second time they lied to us about seats. We no longer have basketball tickets.

Welcome to the world of 'the billionaires own college sports'.